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Job Overview
PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL ONLY ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FROM STAFF CURRENTLY EMPLOYED BY ANEURIN BEVAN UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD
We are looking for an enthusiastic and skilled Chef to join our Catering Services team at Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr.
You will play a vital role in preparing and delivering high-quality, nutritious meals for patients, staff, and visitors, ensuring compliance with food safety standards and meeting diverse dietary needs.
This post is 30 hours per week - 06:00 - 19:30 including some weekend working.
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities
* Prepare and cook a variety of meals to the highest standards, including special diets and allergen-specific requirements.
* Follow Health Board catering policies, HACCP procedures, and food safety legislation.
* Maintain accurate production and temperature records.
* Supervise and support catering assistants, assisting with training and induction.
* Ensure food is correctly labelled, stored, and portioned to avoid cross-contamination.
* Contribute to stock control and assist with ordering perishable items.
* Uphold excellent hygiene and health & safety practices at all times.
Working for our organisation
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your speciality or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.
We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.
Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* Knowledge of full range of work procedures, practices and equipment for a catering service, including food hygiene processes; vocational level 3 qualification or equivalent plus knowledge for special diets acquired through training and experience to diploma equivalent level This must include: City and Guilds 7061 & 7062, or NVQ level 2 in professional Cookery
* Level 2 in Food Safety.
* Allergen Aware
* Able to menus & recipes to meet requirements of the customer.
* To be Conversant of Natasha's Law & NHS Food and Hydration Standards
Desirable criteria
* Trained Level 3 or 4 Food safety
* Allergen Level 3
* NVQ Level 3 advanced professional cookery
Experience
Essential criteria
* Working knowledge of HACCP principles and their specific application for catering
* Previous chef experience in large scale food production
Skills and Attributes
Essential criteria
* Ability to work as part of a team.
* Organisational skills in delivering a quality food service to patients, staff, and visitors.
* Ability to motivate staff, individuals, and teams.
* Ability to prioritise workload and manage time effectively.
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
* Capable of working within time limits and under pressure.
* Basic Computer skills Effective
* Communication and training skills.
* Willingness to respond to unexpected changes and adopt a flexible approach
Desirable criteria
* Welsh Language Skills are desirable levels 1 to 5 in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing in Welsh